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| Any expericience with Nordost Valhalla powercord ? I have mixed feeling about the Nordost Valhalla powercord. I have a 15amp Valhalla on my preamp. I also have a 15 amp Shunyata original Black Mamba on my cd player and a 20 amp Shunyata Anaconda Alpha on my amp. I'm also using Nordost Valhalla spe... | |
| wadia 861 input output disabling Braro, You might try a noise reduction power cord or power conditioner, if you don't have one or the other. Are you plugged directly into the wall? I have a Wadia 861se which has a Shunyata original Black Mamba attached to it. The Black Mamba is p... | |
| Anyone ever heard the Pass Labs X0.2 preamp? Hi Mitch4t, Well, the Pass Labs X 0.2 preamp arrived today. I only have a few hours on it. It should get better as it acclimates into the system over the next few days, I guess. However, it already sounds better than anything else that I've had in... | |
| Anyone ever heard the Pass Labs X0.2 preamp? Hi Mitch4t, I just bought a 2 year old X.02 preamp. It's in transit and arrives on Tuesday. I'm matching it with a Jeff Rowland 302 amp. I was recently talking to Egglestonworks and they recommended it to go with my Egglestonworks Andra 2 speakers... | |
| BAT VK5i power tubes.. 6l6? 5881? kt66? by who? Hi Blindjim, No I've never tried the Matsushita. The Matsushita are from Japan's electronics boom in the early 70's. They were used in televisions mostly, as I understand it. Andy told me that they are excellent tubes, but still aren't Telefunkens... | |
| BAT VK5i power tubes.. 6l6? 5881? kt66? by who? Hi Blindjim, I have a Bat vk5i with 4 sets of 7308 Amperex USA white label pq's circa 1963-65. They're very dynamic with a good soundstage, good detail and good highs. I also run late 1950's Tungsol 5881's. I got my pair (for around $100) from And... | |
| Conrad Johnson Primier 16ls1 vs 16ls2 owners... UPDATE... I just bought a 2+ year old CJ 16LS2. It appeared on Audiogon today and I dove on it. I've been checking for a 16ls2 for over two weeks---about 4-5 times per day...(yep, I was even checking at work)... Thanks for all the great descriptio... | |
| c-j technical questions Unsound, I'm glad that you received your copy of the Stereophile test. The mf2500a amp is a powerhouse for a 250 watt amp- -( NOTE LOL- the mf2500 is 240 wpc). I was using a MF2500a, until I bought a Jeff Rowland 302 amp. The Jeff Rowland is a 300... | |
| c-j technical questions Hi Unsound, It's been about six months since I've been to Stereophile's web site. I visited it today and they changed the look of it. Also, you can't access as many reviews as you used to be able to--(but I did count 72 solid state amp reviews tha... | |
| c-j technical questions Hi Unsound, Stereophile reviewed and tested the mf2500. I'm pretty sure that they test 4 and 2 ohm loads, as well as 8 ohm loads. It's all part of thier normal bench tests that they do on a lot of reviewed equipment. If you go to Stereophile's web... | |
| Warm and pleasing CDP - can be biased, colored Timrhu, Actually, the Meridian 508.24 is a deal at $1400. It used to list for 4k new. My premise is to put your money into your source and speakers first. Thus the suggestion for the 508.24. Silvmoon's system says that his current cd player is $99... | |
| Warm and pleasing CDP - can be biased, colored Easy...Meridian 508.24---about $1400 used. It's a very analog sounding cd player and was rated Stereophile class A at one time. The one that I owned was very forgiving, but still had good dynamics, clarity, and low level detail. It had a very plea... | |
| Conrad Johnson Primier 16ls1 vs 16ls2 owners... Thanks for all the input. I'm going to be looking for a 16ls2 in the next month or so. My system is: Wadia 861se cd player, Jeff Rowland 302 amp, Egglestonworks Andra 2 speakers. I have a Siltec Forbes Lake and a Siltec SQ110 that I'll be using fo... | |
| Conrad Johnson Primier 16ls1 vs 16ls2 owners... Thanks all for your help. I've been looking for another preamp and wanted to use the nos tubes that I own. I'm happy to hear that the CJ 16ls gives normal tube wear. I think that I'll be looking for a 16ls2. Could anyone comment about the soundsta... | |
| Conrad Johnson Primier 16ls1 vs 16ls2 owners... Chuck, I heard that from a few dealers concerning the original ART only. That's why I'm researching it at this point. I hope to be able to tube roll a bit. It sounds like I need to look into a series 2, judging from your friend's experience with t... |